RE: [xsl] Sorting problems [was: Choosing different sorts]

You have set a variable to the string sml:meta/sml:designer/sml:name

You are then testing whether the name of an element is equal to this string.

The name of an element never has a "/" in it, so this test can never
succeed.

Michael Kay 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Hohls [mailto:DHohls@xxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 16 July 2004 09:56
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] Sorting problems [was: Choosing different sorts]
> 
> Apologies for not replying to the thread, but I 
> am on the daily digest and not sure how to 
> respond appropriately.
> 
> Thanks to all for the suggestions, I have tried
> to implement them, but now I get no results.
> This is the XML:
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
> <scenarios>
>   <file name="scen03.xml">
>   <sml:meta xmlns:sml="http://www.test.com/";>
>     <sml:designer id="mm">
>       <sml:name>Mr Mustard</sml:name>
>     </sml:designer>
>   </sml:meta>
>   <sml:scenario xmlns:sml="http://www.test.com"; status="test"
> version="1">
>     <sml:name>My New Scenario</sml:name>
>   </sml:scenario>
>   </file>
>   <file name="scen01.xml">
>   <sml:meta xmlns:sml="http://www.test.com";>
>     <sml:designer id="jc">
>       <sml:name>Joe Cool</sml:name>
>     </sml:designer>
>   </sml:meta>
>   <sml:scenario xmlns:sml="http://www.test.com"; status="draft"
> version="1">
>     <sml:name>Test 102</sml:name>
>   </sml:scenario>
>   </file>
>   <file name="scen02.xml">
>   <sml:meta xmlns:sml="http://www.test.com";>
>     <sml:designer id="fw">
>       <sml:name>Fred E. Wally</sml:name>
>     </sml:designer>
>   </sml:meta>
>   <sml:scenario xmlns:sml="http://www.test.com"; status="final"
> version="1">
>     <sml:name>Scenario #2</sml:name>
>   </sml:scenario>
>   </file>
> </scenarios>
> 
> 
> And this is the XSL:
> 
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> 	xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
>   xmlns:sml="http://www.test.com";
>   >
> 
> <!-- request parameters -->
> <xsl:param name="sort">stat</xsl:param>
> 
> <xsl:template match="/">
>   <xsl:apply-templates/>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="scenarios">
> <html>
>   <head>
>     <title>Scenario List</title>
>   </head>
>   <body>
>   <div align="center">
> 
>     <h1>Scenario List</h1>
> 
>     <table summary="Scenario List" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0">
>       <tr>
>         <th>Name</th>
>         <th>Designer</th>
>         <th>Status</th>
>       </tr>
>       
>       <!-- should work, but does not seem to sort?? -->
>       <xsl:variable name="sortkey">
>         <xsl:choose>
>           <xsl:when
> test="$sort='design'">sml:meta/sml:designer/sml:name</xsl:when>
>           <xsl:when
> test="$sort='stat'">sml:scenario/@status</xsl:when>
>           <xsl:otherwise>sml:scenario/sml:name</xsl:otherwise>
>          </xsl:choose>
>       </xsl:variable>
>       <xsl:for-each select="file">
>         <xsl:sort select="*[name(.) = $sortkey]"/>    
>       <!-- THIS DOES WORK, but does not handle different sorts
>       <xsl:for-each select="file">
>         <xsl:sort select="sml:scenario/sml:name"/>
>         -->
>         <tr>
>           <td><xsl:value-of select="sml:scenario/sml:name"/></td>
>           <td><xsl:value-of
> select="sml:meta/sml:designer/sml:name"/></td>
>           <td><xsl:value-of select="sml:scenario/@status"/></td>
>         </tr>      
>       
>       </xsl:for-each>
>     </table>
>     
>   </div>
>   </body>    
> </html>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <!-- scenario files -->
> <xsl:template match="file">
> </xsl:template>
> 
> </xsl:stylesheet>
> 
> 
> Any help with this would be appreciated!
> 
> Thanks
> Derek
> 
> 
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